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Environmental Research Initiative (ERI)

The Environmental Research Initiative funds research in nine “signature areas” and other emerging areas in environmental science and policy. The signature areas are

bulletClimate change assessment
bulletEcosystems and human well-being
bulletEnvironment and human health
bulletEnvironmental monitoring and analysis
bulletLand use
bulletRisk, values, and decision making
bulletSustainable agriculture and food systems
bulletWater
bulletBusiness and environment

More information about the Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP) is available at http://www.environment.msu.edu/.

2006 Recipients

Douglas Landis, Entomology, ANR, Invasive Species Policy, Ecology and Management

Frank Lupi, Agricultural Economics, ANR, Environmental and Resource Economics and Policy

Jessica Moy, Geography, CSS, Facilitated Research and Education through an Integrated Data Support Service

David Poulson, Knight Center for Journalism, CAS, Michigan’s ECHO

Cynthia Simmons, Geography, CSS, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Avanca Brasil in the Amazon Basin

Scott Swinton, Agricultural Economics, ANR, Ecosystem Services from Low Input Cropping Systems

Matt Syal, Planning Design & Construction, ANR, Sustainable Planning, Design and Construction

James Tiedje, Crop and Soil Sciences, ANR, Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

Merrit Turetsky, Plant Biology, CNS, Environmental Biogeochemistry as a Potential MSU Signature Program

Julie Winkler, Geography, CSS, Integrated Risk and Impact Assessment Associated with Climate Change and Variability in the Great Lakes Region